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Photos: BNHR Joins the Poor People's Campaign at the Border

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The Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the New Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, prays with Virginia Santana on Monday through the border wall at Sunland Park and the Anapra neighborhood of Juárez after a joint news conference with the Border Network for Human Rights. The campaign seeks to unite all people to return society to the decent treatment of one another and end racism. MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES

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The Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the New Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, prays with Virginia Santana on Monday through the border wall at Sunland Park and the Anapra neighborhood of Juárez after a joint news conference with the Border Network for Human Rights. The campaign seeks to unite all people to return society to the decent treatment of one another and end racism.
MARK LAMBIE/EL PASO TIMES

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A young boy peeks through the border fence in the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez as officials with the Border Network for Human Rights and the Poor People’s Campaign prepare for a press conference denouncing the wall and the mistreatment of marginalized people. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A young boy peeks through the border fence in the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez as officials with the Border Network for Human Rights and the Poor People’s Campaign prepare for a press conference denouncing the wall and the mistreatment of marginalized people.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Teresa Nevarez, Deputy Director of the Border Network for Human Rights, stands letters against the border wall in Anapra as they prepare for a press conference with the Poor People’s Campaign Monday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Teresa Nevarez, Deputy Director of the Border Network for Human Rights, stands letters against the border wall in Anapra as they prepare for a press conference with the Poor People’s Campaign Monday.
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Clavo P. Martinez points off at the horizon where the newly reconstructed border wall disappears over a mountain near Anapra Monday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Clavo P. Martinez points off at the horizon where the newly reconstructed border wall disappears over a mountain near Anapra Monday.
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Johnny Desert Bear shows children on the Juarez side of the border wall his native ceremonial items during a press conference denouncing the wall by BNHR Monday near Anapra. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Johnny Desert Bear shows children on the Juarez side of the border wall his native ceremonial items during a press conference denouncing the wall by BNHR Monday near Anapra.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Rosemary Martinez walks along the border wall as she waits for the start of a press conference between BNHR and the Poor People's project Monday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Rosemary Martinez walks along the border wall as she waits for the start of a press conference between BNHR and the Poor People's project Monday.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A press conference with BNHR and the Poor People's Campaign took place at the border wall near Anapra Monday denouncing the wall and racism in general. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A press conference with BNHR and the Poor People's Campaign took place at the border wall near Anapra Monday denouncing the wall and racism in general.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A young Mexican boy shows Rosemary Martinez of the Autonomous Berets how easy it is to climb the border wall in Anapra Monday during a BNHR press conference. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A young Mexican boy shows Rosemary Martinez of the Autonomous Berets how easy it is to climb the border wall in Anapra Monday during a BNHR press conference.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A dog stradles the border fence as members of BNHR and the Poor People’s Campaign hold joint press conference on the American side of the fence Monday. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A dog stradles the border fence as members of BNHR and the Poor People’s Campaign hold joint press conference on the American side of the fence Monday.
MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A boy watches a press conference with BNHR and the Poor People's Campaign denouncing the border wall. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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A boy watches a press conference with BNHR and the Poor People's Campaign denouncing the border wall.
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Virginia Santana, left, reunites with Maria de Santiago across the border wall during a Border Network for Human Rights press conference Monday at across from the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Virginia Santana, left, reunites with Maria de Santiago across the border wall during a Border Network for Human Rights press conference Monday at across from the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez.
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Virginia Santana, left, reunites with Maria de Santiago across the border wall during a Border Network for Human Rights press conference Monday at across from the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Virginia Santana, left, reunites with Maria de Santiago across the border wall during a Border Network for Human Rights press conference Monday at across from the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez.
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Virginia Santana looks through the border wall as a BNHR press conference takes place on the American side. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Virginia Santana looks through the border wall as a BNHR press conference takes place on the American side.
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Virginia Santana looks through the border wall as a BNHR press conference takes place on the American side. MARK LAMBIE / EL PASO TIMES

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Virginia Santana looks through the border wall as a BNHR press conference takes place on the American side.
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The Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the New Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, prays with Virginia Santana on Monday through the border wall at Sunland Park and the Anapra neighborhood of Juárez after a joint news conference with the Border Network for Human Rights. The campaign seeks to unite all people to return society to the decent treatment of one another and end racism.